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Mr. Enstrom stated he did request a 5-year term on the permit. He said he did everything himself the first 2 years and used old equipment that was functional. He said he could have brought in much more equipment to continue to work himself, but that would cause too much noise. i I Commissioner Johnson questioned why this situation wasn't brought up to the Planning Commission months ago. Mr. Enstrom responded he noticed the permit was up and he should reapp!~: :There was nothing that suggested the reapplication should be 3 months before the Commissioner Johnson asked what ramifications would there be to.:sh'6i down the"~tion. Mr. Enstrom replied he would need to have subsidization~.~.';,t°~Y;~f°r unemployment. Chairperson Nixt pointed out that the Planning Commiss{b~ is a recp~'~hding body and cannot grant an extension, nor shut the operation down. The C3~.s:~ion~ ~fi~'$nly recommend the City Council extend the permit or deny it. He explained that ~¢h6d(:.~i~ermit, Mr. Enstrom cannot operate and the City could enforce that, which in essence woul~;.~t~¢}.,his operation down. Mr. Enstrom stated the false statement~':i:~'~:~ei'ghbi0rs.should '~0~:7~e used for making a recommendation. Motion by Commissioner Johnson to continu~!i{fiis~matter to the hext meeting of the Planning Commission in December.., Motion failed due to ~t~;:~f a second~.}}})' Chmrperson N~xt exptmned t0:~;j~:~"Enstrom:tJ~$: there are two choices. The item can be continued, which mean~;;i~ii~h would be talc~ at this meeting. A motion could be made to deny th~ ::~$~e c0~id;;a~ppear before the City Council at their next meeting. Th/s moves the it~':bff::~l~?iann~g_ C°~Ssion. docket and up to the City Council for a decision. He asked ~h'at Mr. M2i2:E~strom stated he w~}C0nfident the City Council would grant the extension. He requested the perm,.t: :be recommended;' for deniaI at this meeting so he could bring the issue to the City Commissionef'J~'°'~ withdrew his earlier motion to continue to the next meeting. Commissioner Brauer stated he does have a concern of people being laid off before winter. He questioned that if for some reason Mr. Enstrom was allowed to keep operating until a decision was made, what would the hours be. I I I I I I I I I I I I I -26- Planning. Commission/November 5, 2001 Page 8 of 20 ! I